Lyrics

How smoothe you move when you bounce to the groove
Your hips, they're pounding out a steady boom-boom
When your lips show brooding, it's my subtle cue
That we should try a different avenue

It's chaotic and rhythmic, visually aesthetic
Intrinsic to the soul, settles in my bones
There's fashion, a ration, a process of reaction
To the click, click, click

How smoothe you move when you bounce to the groove
Your hips, they're pounding out a steady boom-boom
When your lips show brooding, it's my subtle cue
That we should try a different avenue

Hypnotic, demonic, dark and esoteric
It fills an empty hole, do it all for show
Flashin' passion for things you can't imagine
There's that click, click, click

How smoothe you move when you bounce to the groove
Your hips, they're pounding out a steady boom-boom
When your lips show brooding, it's my subtle cue
That we should try a different avenue

Have you suffered in your daydream long enough?
Has your sun glare nightmare made you toughen up?
The stealing weakness, careless feelings give way

How smoothe you move when you bounce to the groove
Your hips, they're pounding out a steady boom-boom
When your lips show brooding, it's my subtle cue
That we should try a different avenue

How smoothe you move when you bounce to the groove
Your hips, they're pounding out a steady boom-boom
When your lips show brooding, it's my subtle cue
That we should try a different avenue
That we should try a different avenue
That we should try a different avenue

It's getting late, and I'm wondering where the time's gone
It's getting late, and I'm worried
It's getting late, and the fighting stopped long ago
It's getting late, and it's quiet

I'll chop my way out of the dark forest trees
Find my way through by the songbird's melody
But if I get too tired, I'll make a fire in the sand
Think of all the times we've had
All the times we've had

It's getting late, and I'm tired of working
It's getting late, and I see the shadows creeping in
It's getting late, and all the lies became reality
It's getting late, and it's lonely

I'll chop my way out of the dark forest trees
Find my way through by the songbird's melody
But if I get too tired, I'll make a fire in the sand
Think of all the times we've had
All the times we've had

It's getting late, and I've sung a million songs
It's getting late, and I just can't seem to shut it off
If I just had you to blame, then maybe I could sleep
So, I'll just sing this lullaby

I'll chop my way out of the dark forest trees
Find my way through by the songbird's melody
But if I get too tired, I'll make a fire in the sand
Think of all the times we've had
All the times we've had
All the times we've had

You've been on my mind, lately
And I feel close to human
Try as I may,
I can't see the way you do

My eyes burn and well up
As you pull away
You're not so innocent
Building you up gonna mean breaking me down

There is a bridge
To your soul
It leads to your smile
Take it and go wild
Yeah, there is a bridge
To your soul
It leads to your smile
Take it and go wild

The sweetness of that wine
Keeps me from leaving
Follow me to misery
Maybe we'll find that it really ain't all bad
Yeah, maybe we’ll find that it really ain't all bad

Sunday again, and I got up too late
Bottles are scattered all over the place
Finished the last one alone in my room
Prob'ly didn’t need to have two

Is the demon me or the whiskey?
It warms by bones and settles my soul
Takes me to places that I shouldn't go
Is the demon me or the whiskey?

On mornings like this, my hand kinda shakes
And I flashback to dates wearing red-colored lace
Kisses we stole by the light of the moon
Or fights that we had on nights that I ruined

Is the demon me or the whiskey?
It warms by bones and settles my soul
Takes me to places that I shouldn't go
Is the demon me or the whiskey?

The older I get, the more blame I take
For all of the fatal decisions I've made
The worst one of which is the most disastrous
Pouring a glass with that ol' two-finger trick

Is the demon me or the whiskey?
It warms by bones and settles my soul
Takes me to places that I shouldn't go
Is the demon me or the whiskey?

Is the demon me or the whiskey?
It warms by bones and settles my soul
Takes me to places that I shouldn't go
Is the demon me or the whiskey?
Is the demon me or the whiskey?

I'm having a hard time, mama
Keeping it all straight
I've heard the whispers in the trees
Telling me to see
All of the strange signs, baby
That should be clear to me
But I've been having too much fun
In the mud with everyone I meet

It's such a damn shame, sugar
That I always make you mad
I know you tend to think
That I'm the one that's bad
Maybe I'd be better baby
And I've even had the urge
But I've been having too much fun
In the mud with everyone I meet

Is there a right way, honey
To settle all the blame?
Or we could just go drink some wine,
Whatever makes it fine
We could go right back, baby
To all them golden days
When we were having too much fun
In the mud with everyone,
Oh, having too much fun
In the mud with everyone
Yeah, having too much fun
In the mud with everyone we'd meet

Have fun, be safe...huh, funny
That's something my daddy used to say
I'm telling you, I'm leaving soon
Think of it like I'm going to the moon

No more tears
I wish you a happy New Year's
You can meet me in Pittsburgh
And when you're lonely in those quiet times
I'll be home to you

So, don't ask me why I'm going away
It isn't you, you know you’re not to blame
It's just, somewhere along the line, my heart got frayed
I guess I'm just not the same

No more tears
I wish you a happy New Year's
You can meet me in Pittsburgh
And when you're lonely in those quiet times
I'll be home to you

I'll be at home, baby
In Pittsburgh, in New York, in LA
In the San Francisco Bay
Your dancing is so nice
It's so nice, it's so nice
Yeah, your dancing
Is so nice, is so nice

So, have fun and be safe
I know we weren't that close anyway
But please don't pull my shirt for goodness sake
Please leave me alone, just won't ya let me go

No more tears
I wish you a happy New Year's
You can meet me in Pittsburgh
And when you're lonely in those quiet times
I'll be, I'll be, I'll be
No more tears
I wish you a happy New Year's
You can meet me in Pittsburgh
And when you're lonely in those quiet times
I'll be home to you

It's been way too long since I've been down by the bay
I've been buckling down, trying to hustle some pay
But then the drinking gets her hold on me and pulls me another way

There's a big rain cloud,
And I just want to get on home
I just might hold you close, hold you tight
And raise my glass up to the sky

I've told so many lies that I don't know where to begin
To get us back to the place where we can start hanging out and talking again
If I clarify a couple of things would you recall my name?

There's a big rain cloud,
And I just want to get on home
I just might hold you close, hold you tight
And raise my glass up to the sky

I feel crooked and shame like a bandit in disguise
Held a rose, and I begged her please, "Won’t you celebrate a moment with me?"
We laughed a bit, but then I said some things, so I woke up alone.

There's a big rain cloud,
And I just want to get on home
I just might hold you close, hold you tight
Hold you close, hold you tight
Hold you close, hold you tight
And raise my glass up to the sky

Come outside again
Where we watch the sun fall down
The tower's leaning slightly
In the gray and misty clouds
I wonder why you can't find another soul to feed on
Why you gotta use my brother when
He don't follow you
No, he don't follow you
He don't follow you

Come outside and watch the sky
Crash down to the ground
It's sparkling and shiny,
The stars are gonna pierce your heart
I wonder why you can't find another way to lead
Tell me why you gotta bleed my mother when
She don't follow you
No, she don't follow you
She don't follow you

Jesus is cryin' for America
He don’t like what he's been seein'
Jesus is cryin' for America
He don't like what he's been seein'
Jesus is cryin'
Cryin' for America
He don't like what he’s been seein'

Come outside and watch the walls collapse down
And all around there’s people lyin' on the ground
Cryin' like they lost it all
I wonder why we pay you to ruin all our lives
Tell me why you gotta kill our brothers when
They don't follow you
No, they don't follow you
They don't follow you
We don't follow you
No, we don't follow you

Pure water, coming from the stream
Pure water for anyone to drink
Like sweet honey, maple syrup from the tree
Pure water for all the fishes in the sea

Cool breezes shakin' all the leaves
Cool breezes for anyone to breathe
Like finding money or winning when you thought that you were beat
Cool breezes for all the people in the heat

Pure water, coming from the stream
Pure water for anyone to drink
Like sweet honey, maple syrup from the tree
Pure water for all the fishes
Pure water for all the people
Pure water for all the fishes in the sea

I listened silently
For the fear that kept on calling me
And, I followed steadily
But you kept me under a shroud of gray

Rain soaked through my clothes
Same shirt I've worn for two damn days

I am clothed in loveliness
In loveliness
Yet all I show is gracelessness,
Is gracelessness
Do you wonder where I'm headed?
Do you wonder why I'm running?

I waited patiently
To dance with you underneath the stars
I leaned in slightly
To hear the music that's playing in your heart

Shame we couldn't keep from slippin'
Fame, just a way to make a living

I am clothed in loveliness
In loveliness
Yet all I show is gracelessness,
Is gracelessness
Do you wonder where I'm headed?
Do you wonder why I'm running?

Time lets anger stain in
Time heals hardly anything, hardly anything
And, time creeps by slowly

I fidget constantly
Shaking out the clutter from a past I lived in fantasy
I'm changing, chasing all the best of me
Baby steps and bigger trips
I stood upright with a busted lip

I am clothed in loveliness
In loveliness
Yet all I show is gracelessness,
Is gracelessness
Do you wonder where I'm headed?
Do you wonder why I'm running?
Do you wonder where I'm headed?
Do you wonder why I'm running?